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Date c. 1774 - c. 1871

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington
prime minister of Great Britain
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O’Connell
Irish leader
1st Baron Plunket, engraving by David Lucas, 1844, after a painting by Richard Rothwell
William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket
British-Irish lawyer
Joseph Hume, detail of a portrait by J.W. Walton, 1854; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Joseph Hume
British politician
Curran, portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Philpot Curran
Irish statesman